Snap hook



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y R. B. LLOYD SNAP HOOK Original Filed April 21, 1926 gwuento@ ako: Mq

Patented July 17,' 1928a APATENT OFFICE.

RICHARD B. LLOYD, OF ANEROID, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

SNAP HOOK.

Application filed April 21, 1926, Serial No. 103,640. Renewed June 1,19.28.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fasteningdevices, and particularly to snap hooks.

One object of the invention is to provide a snap hook wherein the springtongue is provided with a guard for preventing escape of aring whichmight have passed the.

inner spring tongue.

n Another object is to provide a spring tongue., and a guard, each beingformed with means to facilitate flexing thereof for application orremoval of a ring, with relation to the hook. l

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of Aa snap hook made in accordance withthe present invention.

Figure 2 is an enlarged vertical longitudi` nalcentral sectional viewthrough the hook and the tongues thereof, showing the manner ofengagement of the free ends of the tongues with the bill of the hook. y

Referring particularly to the accompanying drawing, 10 represents aconventional snap hook which includes the bill 11, said bill beingcutout in its inner and outerr faces, as shown, respectively, at 12 andl13.l

Secured to the other end of the hook are the two spring tongues 14 and15, the former of which overlies the latter and has its freeV end seatedwithin the cut-out or recess13,

of the bill of the hook, while the free endL of the other tongue isseated in the other recess12. such free ends being vretained in saidrecesses by the flexibility of the tongues.

.Formed on one edge portion of the tongueA may be flexed out ofengagement in the recess 13.

Similarly formed on the other edge portion of the tongue 15, is alaterally directed tab 17, which is adapted to be grasped by theoperator to flex the tongue 1.5 inwardly out of the recess, whereby toplerrlpit the withdrawal of the ring from the To apply the ring to thehook, the operator graspsthe tab 16, flexes the tongue 14 out of therecess 13, and then inserts the ring between the free end of the tongueand the bill of the hook. Upon exerting suflicient pressure upon thering, against the recess 15, said tongue may be flexed from its recess13, when the ring'is properly engaged with the hook. To remove the ring,the operator grasps the tab 17 and flexes the tongue 15 out of therecess 12, to permit passage of the ring between the tongue and the billof the hook. fter havingV disposed the ring in suchposition, the ringmay be readily withdrawn by pulling the ring against the tongue 14, .sothat said tongue is flexed out of the recess 13.

' -What is claimed is:

1. A snap hook including a hook member having a body and abill,.superimposed re'- and outer faces, and retaining tongues se-.cured to the body of the hook and havingV their free ends engaged in therecesses respectively. y y

3. .A snap hook including a body and. a bill, said bill having a recessin its inner facefanda recess `in its outer face, flexible tonguessecured to the body of the hook and each having its freeend retained ina recess of said bill, and a laterally directed tabon each of said`flexible tongues.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' RICHARD B.LLOYD.

